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When Dharma Master Cheng Yen founded Tzu Chi
in 1966, she fashioned coin banks from bamboo
and asked her lay followers—thirty housewives—
to save NT$0.50 (about US$0.02) from their
grocery money every day to help the poor.
One follower asked, “Can’t I just donate NT$15
each month?” But Master refused. She explained
that though the amount was the same, it was
important to give rise to a kind thought each and
every day.
From these humble beginnings forty-nine years
ago, Tzu Chi has grown into a global NGO with
Download eBambooBank ten million volunteers and donors in over fifty
app for free on iPhone, iPad, countries, because it collects not only donations,
and Android devices. but also kind hearts.
TZU CHI USA SUMMER 2015
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